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"Positions New Zealand within these 'webs of empire', connecting Gore and Chicago, Maori and Asia, India and newspapers, whalers and writing. His work breaks open the narrative of colonisation to offer sharp new perspectives on New Zealand history"--Back cover "Breaking open colonisation to reveal tangled cultural and economic networks, Webs of Empire offers new paths into our colonial history. Linking Gore and Chicago, Maori and Asia, India and newspapers, whalers and writing; empire building becomes a spreading web of connected places, people, ideas and trade. These links question narrow, national stories, while broadening perspectives on the past and the legacies of colonialism that persist today"